Status:

COMPLETED

Hepatic Function During and Following Three Days of Acetaminophen Dosing in Alcoholics

Lead Sponsor:

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Collaborating Sponsors:

McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, a Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc.

Conditions:

Alcohol Related Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The study objective was to determine whether liver injury develops in alcoholic patients who ingest therapeutic doses of APAP for three consecutive days. Volunteers were recruited from two community d...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria
  • Any patient, regardless of gender or ethnicity, who was:
  • 18 years or older
  • admitted to one of the two controlled access alcohol detoxification centers with a positive BAL at the time of admittance
  • signed a written informed consent form.
  • Patients were excluded from the study at baseline if any of the following were present:
  • serum acetaminophen level greater than 20 mcg/ml
  • serum AST or ALT levels greater than 200 IU/L
  • INR greater than 1.5
  • if female, positive for beta-subunit of chorionic gonadotropin
  • clinically intoxicated, psychiatrically impaired or unable to give informed consent
  • known hypersensitivity to acetaminophen
  • history of ingesting more than four grams of APAP per day for any of the four days preceding study enrollment
  • currently enrolled in another trial or had been enrolled in another trial in the preceding three months.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 1 2002

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    July 1 2004

    Estimated Enrollment :

    420 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00402571

    Start Date

    January 1 2002

    End Date

    July 1 2004

    Last Update

    February 9 2009

    Active Locations (2)

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    Denver CARES

    Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204

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    Recovery Centers of King County

    Seattle, Washington, United States, 98122

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